Bosom-stretcher and ironing-board



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A. 0. GIBSON.

, BOSOM STRETGHER AND IRONING BOARD. No. "276,802.

INVENTOR:

BY MM Patented May 1 1883.

ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES,

ALEXANDER o. GIBSON,

PATENT OFFICE.

OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 276,802, dated May 1, 1883.

Application filed January 6, 1883. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER O. GIBSON,

of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Bosom-Stretcher and Ironing-Board, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of my invention is to provide a new and improved board for stretching shirtbosoms and holding them stretched while they are being ironed.

The invention consists in an ironing-board combined with a frame having rubber strips projecting from its inner edges, which frame is passed over the board to hold the shirt on the same. The ironing-board is provided on its sides and ends with corrugations to prevent the edges of the rubber strips of the frame from slipping.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which similar lettersof reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is aplan view of my improved bosom stretcher and ironing-board. Fig. 2 is a longitudinalsectional elevation of the same on the linear m, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail side elevation of a corner of the board, showing the stretcher-frame removed.

A board, A, is provided in its sides and ends with a groove, a, near the upper edge. The fabric B which covers the board is passed over the sides and ends of the board, and. is forced which is passed around the overhanging parts of the fabric and is then drawn taut, upon which its ends are united, whereby the fabric will be securely held on the board without the use oftacks or nails, and can be removed and replaced very easily and rapidly. From the groove (1 down to the lower edges the sides gitudinal corrugations or ridges b. The board A is provided with short wooden legs D,tipped at the bottom with rubber, to prevent the board from slipping. A frame, E, of sufficient size to surround the board A has rubber strips F projecting from the inner surfaces of the ends, or of both the ends and sides.

Having thusdeseribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, with the ironing-board A, having corrugations b on its sides and ends, of the frame E, adapted to inclose said board, and provided with rubber strips F, projecting inwardly from the inner edges of the sides and ends of the frame, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

ALEXANDER O. GIBSON.

Witnesses:

F. W. E. HENKEL, BRUNO H. GoLL.

into the said groove a by a cord or wire, 0,

and ends of the board are provided with lon- 

